Car-polisher.



W. G. SHERLOCK.

CAR POLISHER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 1. 1916';

1,256,938. Patented Feb. 19 1918.

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' WILLTAM G. SHERLOCK, OF LO$ ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. I

' GAR-POLISHEBI.

Specification of 1.etters Patent; 7 Patntedl eb, 19, 1918.

Application filed. December 1, 1916. -Seria1No. 134,411.

'Be it known that I, WVILLIAMI G. SHER- 'LOCK, a citizen of the UnitedStates, re-

siding at Los Angeles,in the county of Los Angeles and State ofCalifornia, have invented certain newgand useful Improvements inCar-Polishers, of whichlthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved polishing machine and theprincipal object of the invention is to provide a portable polishingdevice including a bracket which 7 may be connected with the radiator ofan automobile and carries a pulley wheel about which the belt fordriving the polisher may be passed thus permitting the polishing wheelcarried by the flexible shaft to be rotated from the pulley wheel aboutwhich the belt passes Another object of the invention is to provide animproved type of clamplng bracket for engaging the radiator of theautomobile and to further provide an 1m-- Figure l is a View showing theimproved I device in section, certain portions thereof being shown inelevation.

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view taken along the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a. transverse sectional view taken along thev line 33 of Fig.1.'

The bracket is provided with arms 10 and 11, each of which is providedat its upper end with a sleeve 12 through which will pass the threadedstem 13. This stemis provided with a longitudinally extending slot 14inwhich will extend the locking tongues115 thus preventing the stem 13from rotating. Clampingnuts 16, 17 and 18 arescrewed upon thls stem, theclamping nut 16 engaging the sleeve 12 of the arm 10-to holdthe sleevein engagement with the collar 19 and the nuts 17 and 18 being,

positioned uponopposite sidesof the sleeve 12 ofjthe clamping arm 11,thus releasably holding the clamping arm '11 in an adjusted positionupon the stem. It will thus be seen that when in use the clam in arm 10will engage one side ofv the radiator and after the clamping'arm 11 hasbeen moved along the stemtoengage the opposite side of the radiator, theclamping nuts 17 and 18 will be screwed tight thus holding the arms 10-and 11 in't-ight engagement with the radiator. V

The pulley wheel 20 is rotatably mounted upon the spindle 21 between thewashers or bushings 22 and 23, a securing nut 24 being screwed upon thethreaded end portion of this spindle '21 to hold the washer 23 in place.In order to prevent the securing nut 24 from working loose, ithas beenprovided with slots 25 to receive the cotter pin 26 passing'through thespindle as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. A neck 27 which is externallythreaded extends .from the pulley wheel and is engaged by the coupling28 at the inner end of the flexible shaft 29. This flexible shaft 29carries av buffer wheel 30 and it will be readily seen that when theshaft v29 rotates, thebuifer wheel will be rotated and any portion ofthe automobile body .against which the bufler wheel is placed, will bepolished.

\Vhen in use the belt whichpasses around the pulley wheel of the coolingfan will be 5 V removed from the pulley wheel of the fan and passedabout the'pulley wheel 20. The clamping bracket will be tightlyconnected with the radiator at the proper height to place the drivingbelt at the proper tightness and-when the engine is started the pulleywheel will be rotated thus rotating the flexible shaft and of course,rotating the buffer wheel carried by this flexible shaft. The flexibleshaft Wlll be of suitable'length be reached. It will not take long toclean an automobile with this devicefand therefore the engine .ma runwithout the coolto permit all portions of the automobile to r ing fan inoperation during this short length oftime. Itis of course obvious'thatnstead of the buffer wheel, a suitable clean= ingv brush could besubstituted, the buffer wheel being. simply shown as one type of:

cleaning head carried by the shaft.

What is claimed is;-

comprising holding means including arms '1. A device ofthe' characterdescribed .110 providedwi-th bearingsleeves, a spindle pro? .vided witha collar at its; inner end, a,

thre'oo led'stem extending froh1 the collar through the sleevesand'provided Withva longitudinally extending slot, Q keys fitting intotheslot to hold'the spi ridl e against rotation in the s1eeVes,-'securi1 1g nut-s screwed 1 a pulley wheelrotatablymountedfuponthe uma this patenm jn obtained v eahiw 7 J ,j I',Washingmil pfi spindle, and means for holding othe pulley intplace.upon the spindle.

j: 2. Aidevioie of; the ohafajoti described 7 oomprl singastem'terniinating in-a spindle,

' "a. pul ey h el;rotateblyfmounted uponseid sphidle and bi'ox id edwithh COiipIehengegmeans 'for thefpulley mounted. upon the V outer-endportionoftheSpindle Within the -=u pon the threaded stem and engaging'theee11ar,[ahd clamping arms adjustably oon'-' sleeyes to releasqblyhold thefsleeves'in ad: ju'sted"fpositions, upon the '-threaded stem,

in presence of two Witnesses.

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